"Don't make a ruckus here, these two esteemed guests seem like ones who appreciates quality no price," a refined middle-aged man suddenly approached from the direction of one stall, calmly walking towards here with three strong looking spirit masters as his guard, "please, let me accompany you to the finest and most luxurious place here in the entire fort."
"The Golden Fork restaurant?!" Ro's exclamation of surprise told William how famous this restaurant was.
"That's indeed true, miss," the old man slightly bowed, before turning to William, "sir, do you want to try out our humble food and delicacies?"
"Sure, why not?" William shrugged. He didn't care that much about great food and drinks, but he kept eating dried up rations for many days already.
Treating himself to a nice meal wasn't something he'd say no to, especially if it was going to leave the girl next to him in a deeper mess.
Ro instantly grasped the carefree attitude of William on the spot. If she had one in the millionth doubt before about his financial power, this doubt was now crushed to shreds.
"I can't afford it here," she whispered softly as the two followed that middle-aged man towards a vacant space that was covered with an elegant looking black tent.
"It's all on me," William even winked and sent a flying kiss in the air towards her. And in return for that, her face darkened while she followed William and that middle-aged man in silence, under the envious gazes of other restaurant spokesmen.
The others who came here first and surrounded the two couldn't help but look in regret and envy towards their backs. They saw two fat sheeps heading voluntarily to the slaughterhouse.
And they didn't feel as such out of their pure and kind hearts. They just regretted their lack of imagination and creativity, leading such two rich folks to slip away from their grasp, and let their spirit crystals fall in the pockets of others.
"Sir, our stall is the most expensive one in the entire fort! Please follow me!" and just a few minutes later, another group of customers approached, and one decided to take the risk and lure them into his stall, learning from what the Golden Fork salesman did before.
"F*ck off! What is all great about being the most expensive? Why not come and kick our asses instead?!!" and without any warning, one of the group exploded in the face of the poor salesman. He didn't stop there, even hitting him in the face, sending him flying in the air as he cried inside, questioning what he did wrong compared to that middle-aged man.
William and Ro were already seated inside that huge tent. It was all black in colour, with many small golden fork drawings appearing everywhere around the blackness with the name of the restaurant written in an elegant way.
"This restaurant is this expensive and yet it's quite crowded," William muttered while noticing that almost seventy percent of the tables were filled with people.
"It has a very good reputation," Ro said with a dark face, "I'm warning you again, a single meal here could cost a million spirit crystals!"
"Don't tell me you are this poor, hahahaha!" William knew this was the soft spot of this chick in front of him. And yet he couldn't believe that such a gold grade girl didn't have that much money on her.
"I have little more than a million," she rolled her eyes, "but it's not worth wasting all my wealth over a single meal! That's insane!"
"Welcome to our restaurant, here is the welcome drink for the first time attending our place."
And before he'd respond and make her life much worse, a waiter appeared, cladded in golden and black armour from neck to toe.
"Thanks," William said before asking, "how did you know it's our first time here?"
"We got a spirit master with a memory saving technique," the waiter placed two cups and poured a pink liquid in it, "please enjoy."
"I like it here," William drank his cup, feeling an instant refreshing feeling that seeped deep inside his body, "awesome! They are serving such high-quality healing potion as a welcome drink? Damn! I want to live rich and not strong for the rest of my life!"
"Add me too," Ro's face, which was all dark, changed and became rosy and happy after taking a sip of her cup, "they aren't the best for nothing."
"I can't agree more," William nodded, before picking the menu and his eyes instantly froze.
"What's wrong? Did you realise how poor you are? Hahahaha!" seeing his sudden frown made Ro laugh. She was ecstatic that William got shocked by the prices.
William was indeed shocked, not from the prices but the quality of the meals provided here. Be it the meat, the herbs, even the potions used to cook all the meals, all were at dark gold grade.
He read the names of many famous monsters in the world, all served in this place. William's frown changed in a few seconds to be replaced with a big smile, one that made the loud laugh of Ro choke in her throat and her face turn a little purple.
"Cough! Cough! What's wrong with you? Cough! Cough!"
"I'm just excited, that's all," William knew if he kept eating such extravagant meals for a few months, he'd make up for all the lack of nourishment his body suffered since the first day of his birth!
And if he kept eating here for a long time, his body would become much more robust and stronger, much taller and broader, with muscles all over it.
"Waiter, please," William just glanced at the prices for a single second, before saying something that made Ro, who was drinking another sip of her cup, to swallow her disappointment instead, and splash the potion on the waiter's face opposite to her.
"I want to ask about this, is there a membership here? Like something that will allow me to come here and eat whatever I want for a month? For a few months? For even a year?"
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